A Little Book of American Humorous VerseThomas Augustine Daly David McKay Company, 1926 - 149 страница |
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... eyes , and kicked the pail . The clown , perplexed with grief and pain , Swore he'd ne'er try to milk again : When turning round , in sad amaze , He saw his cottage in a blaze : For as he chanced to brush the room , In careless haste ...
... eyes , and kicked the pail . The clown , perplexed with grief and pain , Swore he'd ne'er try to milk again : When turning round , in sad amaze , He saw his cottage in a blaze : For as he chanced to brush the room , In careless haste ...
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... eyes should appear , But a miniature sleigh , and eight tiny reindeer , With a little old driver , so lively and quick , I knew in a moment it must be St. Nick . More rapid than eagles his coursers they came , And he whistled , and ...
... eyes should appear , But a miniature sleigh , and eight tiny reindeer , With a little old driver , so lively and quick , I knew in a moment it must be St. Nick . More rapid than eagles his coursers they came , And he whistled , and ...
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... eyes - how they twinkled ! his dimples how merry ! His cheeks were like roses , his nose like a cherry ! His droll ... eye and a twist of his head , Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread ; He spoke not a word , but went straight to ...
... eyes - how they twinkled ! his dimples how merry ! His cheeks were like roses , his nose like a cherry ! His droll ... eye and a twist of his head , Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread ; He spoke not a word , but went straight to ...
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... eye , In the snug closet safely shalt thou lie . And oft , when Sol's proud chariot quits the sky And humbler Cynthia mounts her one - horse chair , To that snug closet shall thy vot'ry fly ; And , wrapt in darkness , keep his orgies ...
... eye , In the snug closet safely shalt thou lie . And oft , when Sol's proud chariot quits the sky And humbler Cynthia mounts her one - horse chair , To that snug closet shall thy vot'ry fly ; And , wrapt in darkness , keep his orgies ...
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... walks in the morning Is shod like a mountaineer . True love is at home on a carpet , And mightily likes his ease- And true love has an eye for a dinner , And starves beneath shady trees . 12 . NATHANIEL PARKER WILLIS His wing is the fan 27.
... walks in the morning Is shod like a mountaineer . True love is at home on a carpet , And mightily likes his ease- And true love has an eye for a dinner , And starves beneath shady trees . 12 . NATHANIEL PARKER WILLIS His wing is the fan 27.
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Ahkoond apple toddy apple-pie and cheese ARTHUR GUITERMAN Behold the deeds blue Breitmann gife Burke and Shea Cap'n John Smith Casey Casey's Caty Caty-did CHARLES EDWARD CARRYL CHRISTOPHER MORLEY Darby Deacon dead dinneh DON MARQUIS ERNEST LAWRENCE THAYER EUGENE FIELD eyes FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS gife a barty graveyard rabbit gwine head heart heerd HENRY CUYLER BUNNER humorous verse JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL Job Caruthers Jonah JOYCE KILMER keer of yourse'f Kelly and Burke laugh lips look Lord mighty Miniver Monsignore morning never night Noah OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES one-hoss shay Passamquoddy Pindar Pindar Peel poem poet Prayer right-hand leg Robinson he Sez rose sech sing skipper smile song soul stood Struthers Sultan sun s a-slantin Swat sweet T. A. DALY Take keer tell there's thet THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH thou thought tree twas useter vine wine
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Страница 31 - THE LAST LEAF I SAW him once before, As he passed by the door, And again The pavement stones resound, As he totters o'er the ground With his cane. They say that in his prime, Ere the pruning-knife of Time Cut him down, Not a better man was found By the Crier on his round Through Mie town.
Страница 32 - But now his nose is thin, And it rests upon his chin Like a staff, And a crook is in his back, And a melancholy crack In his laugh. I know it is a sin For me to sit and grin At him here ; But the old three-cornered hat, And the breeches, and all that, Are so queer...
Страница 37 - Fifty-five! This morning the parson takes a drive. Now, small boys, get out of the way! Here comes the wonderful one-hoss shay, Drawn by a rat-tailed, ewe-necked bay. "Huddup !" said the parson. Off went they. The parson was working his Sunday's text, — Had got to fifthly, and stopped perplexed At what the — Moses — was coming next. All at once the horse stood still, Close by the meet'n'-house on the hill. — First a shiver, and then a thrill, Then something decidedly like a spill, — And...
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Страница 41 - Zekle crep' up quite unbeknown An' peeked in thru' the winder, An' there sot Huldy all alone, 'ith no one nigh to hender. A fireplace filled the room's one side, With half a cord o' wood in — There warn't no stoves (tell comfort died) To bake ye to a puddin'.
Страница 42 - em, danced 'em, druv 'em, Fust this one, an' then thet, by spells — All is, he could n't love 'em. But long o' her his veins 'ould run All crinkly like curled maple, The side she breshed felt full o' sun Ez a south slope in Ap'il.
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Страница 22 - ... reindeer, With a little old driver, so lively and quick, I knew in a moment it must be St. Nick! More rapid than eagles his coursers they came, And he whistled and shouted and called them by name. " Now, Dasher! now, Dancer! now, Prancer and Vixen! On, Comet! on, Cupid! on, Donder and Blitzen! — To the top of the porch, to the top of the wall, Now, dash away, dash away, dash away all!
Страница 61 - Sin was likewise; Yet he played it that day upon William And me in a way I despise. Which we had a small game, And Ah Sin took a hand: It was Euchre. The same He did not understand; But he smiled, as he sat by the table, With the smile that was childlike and bland.